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Welcome to the audio home page for the CONFERENCE of the BIRDS, a weekly radio program/podcast featuring a heterogeneous, intra-continental mix of music and song. Various genres, forms, formats, and styles are featured, juxtaposed and intermingled, from free-jazz to field recordings. Listen here for a weekly mix of popular, classical, folk, religious, radical, experimental, spiritual, political, and poetic musics from around and beyond the globe. COB airs LIVE, Friday evenings, 9:00 - 12:00 midnight, Eastern USA time, on WRFI and WINO radio, ithaca/Watkins Glen/Odessa New York (www.wrfi.org). Online 24/7. Always free.
Episodes
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 12-15-23
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
Sunday Dec 31, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: vintage Johnny Griffin;music from Java, Bali, and Vietnam, including Gambang Kromong Drama Bersatu; new music from Blue Reality Quartet; new music from Eri Yamamoto; Roma rumba from El Noi (Spain); recently remastered: John Coltrane; radical black music from Ancient Infinity Orchestra and Infinite Sound; recent cantle jondo/flamenco from Jose de los Camarones; salsa from Santiago Ceron; vintage vocals from Mali (Ami Koita); Orchestra Bima Lee; Lijadu Sisters; Pierre Dørge w. New Jungle Orchestra; Johnny Dyani; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18287517/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 11-24-23
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
Saturday Dec 23, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Cante jondo from el Chocolate and Carmen Linares; Niama Ababsa (Algerian pop); Lebanese song from Salwa el Katrib; Tatyana Surbinska & Ensemble Pirin (vintage Balkan Roma song); new and old Rembetika from Marika Politissa & Dimitris Mystakidis (w. Eleni Vitali); esraj playing from Ariana Suta; raga on veena from Nirmala Rajeskar; Ibro Diabate (Guinea), Assana Mboup (Senegal); Netsennet Melese (Ethiopia), Super Djata (Mali); vintage Steve Coleman w. Mystic Rhythm Society; Ornette Coleman; Magic Malik; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18164931/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 11-17-23
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
Thursday Dec 14, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Cecilia Barraza from Peru; radio from Lenita Gentil & Rute Soares; from Brazil: Alaide Costa plus new music Mauro Diniz with Brussa Cordeiro & Grupo Purarmonia; new piano/.flute music from Nicole Mitchell & Alexander Hawkins; Gabriel Zucker w/ Tyshawn Sorey, Adam O'Farrill & Eric Trudel; sung poetry from Szilárd Mezei Vocal Ensemble; new jazz from Kenneth Jimenez; Billy Harper live in Europe; vintage salsa from Ismael Miranda w/ Orquesta Revelatión, Orchestra Colón; Kaira Ben from Mali; Tata Bamba Kouyate from Guinea; vintage Grand Kalle; vintage Mlimani Park; Malachi Thompson; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18164931/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 11-10-23
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from Karl Evangelista, Mendoza Hoff Revels; Diego Amador; Matthew Shipp; Kadef Abgi; quiet music from Angelica Sanchez (w. Trio); Hungarian post-bop from Borbély Mihály; vintage cante jondo from Dolores de Cordoba; Lole y Manuel; arabic song from Tallal Madah; experimental mouwshahfrom Mahmoud Turkmani; weeping song fro Burma./ Myanmar; from Mali: Idrissa Soumaoro, Rail Band; from. Guinea: Inna Baba Coulibaly; raga from Sultan Khan & Zakir Hussain much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18133199/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 10-20-23
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music from James Brandon Lewis; new quartet work from Ivo Perelman, Ray Anderson, Joe Morris, Reggie Nicholson; salsa from La Pembélé & Tabaco; legendary Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez; Jay Hoggard live; from Egypt: Fayza Ahmed, Ahmed Adaweia; Tunisian actress and singer Louisa Tunisia; vintage music from Ana Caram, Joãozinho da Goméia; vintage Dino Saluzzi; Prince Nico Mbarga & Shora Mbema; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18007278/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 10-13-23
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: from Cabo Verde: Antonio Sanches; Tchiss Lopes; Bana; post-bop from Larry Young; Jaki Byard; new archival release of Infinite Sound; from Mali Ami Koïta; vocal work from Cory Smythe; Tembang Sunda from Likungan Seni Malati Ida; Gamelan "Gong Kebyar" from Bali; Sundanese pop from Detty Kurnia; Ahmed Hamza and Ali Riahi (from Tunisia); Jason Stein, Raleigh Dailey & Tim Daisy; new music from Aly Eissa et al.; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/18007278/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 10-6-23
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: new music form Angelika Niescier; Floros Floridis x 2; Roma song from Esma, Divna Lazarova; Greek song from Stavros Kabanis, Petroloukas Chalkas; Romanian flute music from Rapsozii Gorjului; Joseph Daley w. Earth Tones; Bill Dixon w. 17 musicians; vintage light music from Ustad Chhotey Ghulam Ali Khan; new music from Md After Hussain & Pas; Diego 'el Cigala'; Persian pop (Googoosh); Baul musical Kurdish music; Sun Ra; Charles MacPherson; salsa from. Joey Pastrana, Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco; much more!!!!
Catch the BIRDS live on Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG. 24/7 at
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17975907/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 9-29-23
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
Sunday Oct 22, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: South African jazz from Joe Malinga; The Jazz Doctors (Bang, Lowe, Charles, Garrett); Cameroonian singer, actress, seamstress, and poet Liza Nfwa; from Ethiopia: Aselfech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret; The Abyssinia Band; Les Amazons de Guinée; Don Cherry; from Greece: Nikos Karakostas; Poly Panou; Algerian cha'abi from Akli Yahyatene; This is Our Language Quartet (Amado, McPhee, Kessler, Corsano); Dorothy Ashby; new music from Nova Jazzers w. Munir Bashir & Rabbi Abou-Khalil; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17944328/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 8-25-23
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Tunisian vocalist Ghalia Benali (w. Romina Lischka & Vincent Noiret); Kenyan legend Mbaraka Mwinshehe; from Haiti: Emeline Michel, Beethova Obas; vintage rumba from Les Pionniers De La Musique Congolaise De Leopoldville à Kinshasa & Lucie Eyenga; Joe Morris; Roy Campbell; Prince Lasha; Barney Wilen in Morocco; from Senegal: Orchestre Baobab; Star No. One; Star Feminine Band; from Mali: Orchestre National Badema; from Ethiopia: Mary Armede; Syrian vocalist Mayada el Hennawy; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17793444/Conference-of-the-Birdshttps://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17793444/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Conference of the Birds, 8-4-23
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
THIS WEEK's BIRDS: Bahr Abu Gresha (Nile singer); Norbert Stein w. Pata Masters; Joy Guidry; Karl Evangelists's Apura (new); Michael White (vintage); Richard Davis; from Japan: Edobayashi Hozonkai; from Java: Nasida Ria; Francis Wong; from Bangledesh: Viswanatah Das Bâul; from Palestine: Henna Al Haj Hasan & Delia Arts; Indian saxophone from Kadri Gopalnath & Pravin Godkhindi; Roma vocal from Eleni Vitale; rembetika vocal from Marika Ninou; from Mâroc (Morocco): Ensemble Laaroussi Lahcen; much, much more ...!
LISTEN LIVE: Friday nights, 9:00pm-MIDNIGHT (EST), in Central New York on WRFI: 88.1FM Ithaca, 89.7FM Odessa, 91.9FM WINO Watkins Glen. and WORLDWIDE online at WRFI.ORG.
via PODBEAN: https://conferenceofthebirds.podbean.com/
via iTUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conference-of-the-birds-podcast/id478688580
Also available at podomatic, Internet Archive, podtail, iheart Radio, and elsewhere.
Always FREE of charge to listen to the radio program and free also to stream, download, and subscribe to the podcast online:
PLAYLIST at SPINITRON:
https://spinitron.com/WRFI/pl/17707673/Conference-of-the-Birds
and via the Conference of the Birds page at WRFI.ORG
https://www.wrfi.org/wrfiprograms/conferenceofthebirds/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/conferenceofthebirds/?ref=bookmarks
FIND WRFI on Radio Garden: http://radio.garden/visit/ithaca-ny/aqh8OGBR
Contact: confbirds@gmail.com